diff --git a/lib/packages.js b/lib/packages.js
index 5db876456f..e86869504c 100644
--- a/lib/packages.js
+++ b/lib/packages.js
@@ -429,15 +429,7 @@ var packages = module.exports = {
 
     // load the manifest from s3, and store in the cache
     try {
-      // a variation on request that has a standard (error, result) callback.
-      // this way we can use Future.wrap
-      var request2 = function(url, cb) {
-        request(url, function(error, response, body) {
-          cb(error, body);
-        });
-      };
-
-      var manifest = Future.wrap(request2)(
+      var manifest = Future.wrap(files.getUrl)(
         PACKAGES_URLBASE + "/manifest/" + releaseVersion + ".json").wait();
       fs.writeFileSync(manifestPath, manifest);
       return JSON.parse(manifest);